19 Dec, 2022 09:12 PM

Rajya Sabha Q&A: Details of examinations by railways for permanent appointments

The process of examination had got impacted due to COVID-19 related restrictions and resultant lockdowns imposed by various States. There is no delay in declaration of results after conducting RRB examinations. No RRB examination has been cancelled during the last five years. Manpower planning enables Indian Railways to deploy manpower for new organizations and assets, so as to utilize its human resources in most efficient and productive manner.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1257

ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022

EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY RAILWAYS

1257# SHRI RAM NATH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) the year-wise details of the examinations conducted by Railways for permanent appointments in the last five years;

(b) the number of occasions when the results of these examinations did not come on time;

(c) the number of examinations that have been cancelled during the last five years; and

(d) the number of the posts have been abolished by Railways during the last five years and the number of posts for which the process of abolition is ongoing?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a): The year-wise details of Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs)/ Employment Notifications (ENs) issued by Ministry of Railways for various Group ‘C’ posts (including Level 1 & Security related Posts) and examinations conducted for permanent appointment in the last five years are as under:

Year	CEN/ EN & Name of Post
2016	EN 01/2016 Constable (Band)
2017	No fresh CEN/ EN issued.
2018	01/2018 Assistant Loco Pilots (ALP) & Technicians
	02/2018 Various posts in Level-1
	03/2018 Junior Engineers (JE)/ Depot Material Superintendent (DMS)/ Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant (CMA)
	EN 01/2018 Constable (Executive)
	EN 02/2018 Sub-Inspector (Executive)
	EN 03/2018 Constable (Ancillary)
2019	02/2019 Para-medical Categories
	03/2019 Ministerial & Isolated Categories
	01/2019 Non Technical Popular Categories (NTPC)- Graduate & Under Graduate level
	RRC-01/2019 Various posts in Level-1

(b):The process of examination had got impacted due to COVID-19 related restrictions and resultant lockdowns imposed by various States. However, there is no delay in declaration of results after conducting RRB examinations.

(c): No RRB examination has been cancelled during the last five years.

(d):No post has been abolished by the Ministry. However, there have been surrenders and creations of posts based on manpower requirement. Manpower planning requires continuous review of sanctioned strength in view of changing workload conditions, introduction of new technologies, working systems and creation of new assets etc. This exercise enables Indian Railways to deploy manpower for new organizations and assets, so as to utilize its human resources in most efficient and productive manner.

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